The City Ground

ROTHERHAM UNITED 3 - 2 FOREST - Mon Apr 11, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Apr 11, 1955 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Rotherham United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Millmoor
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-3 LOST
: Half-time: 2-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1954-55
Referee:
Attendance:: 14,995
League Week:: 37 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 15 15
Opp Before/After:: 7 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol Rovers (League Tier 2)
Rotherham United:: Oct 22, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2024 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1199 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2226 (of 5824)
Total:: 3386 (of 7629)
Played:: 71 years, 4 months, 8 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker
Prior form: WWWWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Tommy Wilson (7')
Jim Barrett (31') (Pen)

ROTHERHAM UNITED
Manager: Andy Smailes
Prior form: LWDLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Peter Johnson (35') (Pen)
Jack Selkirk (86')
Terry Farmer (87')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Bill Farmer
2	D	33	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	29	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	29	Bill Morley
5	D	22	Bob McKinlay
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt
7	F	30	Peter Small
8	F	30	Jack French
9	F	24	Tommy Wilson (7')
10	F	24	Jim Barrett (31')
11	F	28	Hugh McLaren

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	27	Bill Farmer	40		2	1
2	D	33	Jack Hutchinson	202		2	1
3	D	29	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	275		2	1
4	M	29	Bill Morley	167	5	2	1
5	D	22	Bob McKinlay	43		2	1
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt	257	10	2	1
7	F	30	Peter Small	31	7	2	1
8	F	30	Jack French	69	5	2	1
9	F	24	Tommy Wilson (7')	42	9	2	1
10	F	24	Jim Barrett (31')	19	8	2	1
11	F	28	Hugh McLaren	28	13	2	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jock Quairney
2	D	Jack Selkirk
3	D	Dennis Warner
4	D	Frank Marshall
5	D	Malcolm Hussey
6	M	Danny Williams
7	M	Jack Grainger
8	M	Peter Johnson
9	M	Terry Farmer
10	F	Gladstone Guest
11	F	Ian Wilson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Mon Apr 11, 1955)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	3-0	Middlesbrough
Fulham	0-0	West Ham United
Hull City	1-0	Bury
Leeds United	4-0	Luton Town
Lincoln City	2-1	Blackburn Rovers
Liverpool	1-1	Port Vale
Notts County	4-0	Doncaster Rovers
Plymouth Argyle	0-1	Bristol Rovers
Rotherham United	3-2	Nottingham Forest
Stoke City	3-0	Ipswich Town
Swansea Town	3-0	Derby County

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Blackburn Rovers	38	22	4	12	112	74	14	2	3	72	30	8	2	9	40	44	38	48	LWLDWW	Safe
2	Luton Town	36	20	7	9	78	45	16	2	1	49	16	4	5	8	29	29	33	47	WLWDDW	Safe
3	Leeds United	38	20	6	12	59	50	12	4	3	37	19	8	2	9	22	31	9	46	WLWWDW	Safe
4	Birmingham City	35	18	8	9	76	40	12	3	3	50	20	6	5	6	26	20	36	44	DLWDWW	Safe
5	West Ham United	36	18	8	10	71	59	12	4	2	45	22	6	4	8	26	37	12	44	WWWWWL	Safe
6	Stoke City	35	17	9	9	59	40	10	5	4	33	17	7	4	5	26	23	19	43	LLDWWW	Safe
7	Rotherham United	35	19	4	12	77	58	12	1	3	44	18	7	3	9	33	40	19	42	LWDLWW	Safe
8	Bristol Rovers	37	17	6	14	70	63	14	3	2	48	20	3	3	12	22	43	7	40	WWDWWL	Safe
9	Middlesbrough	37	18	4	15	68	71	13	0	6	46	28	5	4	9	22	43	-3	40	WLWWLW	Safe
10	Notts County	37	18	4	15	65	68	11	2	4	38	25	7	2	11	27	43	-3	40	WLLWLL	Safe
11	Bury	36	14	8	14	69	65	9	4	6	39	33	5	4	8	30	32	4	36	LLWLWW	Safe
12	Swansea Town	36	14	8	14	75	72	12	3	3	49	25	2	5	11	26	47	3	36	LWDLWL	Safe
13	Fulham	36	13	9	14	70	72	9	4	4	40	24	4	5	10	30	48	-2	35	DDLLLD
14	Liverpool	36	14	7	15	81	84	11	4	3	50	32	3	3	12	31	52	-3	35	WLDDLL
15	Nottingham Forest	36	15	5	16	49	52	7	3	9	26	28	8	2	7	23	24	-3	35	WWWWLW
16	Doncaster Rovers	36	13	5	18	52	80	9	4	4	30	24	4	1	14	22	56	-28	31	LDLLWL
17	Lincoln City	36	10	9	17	60	73	6	5	6	33	32	4	4	11	27	41	-13	29	LWLLLD
18	Hull City	36	10	9	17	41	60	6	4	8	28	31	4	5	9	13	29	-19	29	WLDLLL
19	Port Vale	36	9	10	17	41	65	8	6	4	28	20	1	4	13	13	45	-24	28	LLLWWL
20	Plymouth Argyle	38	10	7	21	53	79	8	4	6	25	25	2	3	15	28	54	-26	27	LWLWLL
21	Ipswich Town	36	10	4	22	52	83	9	2	8	34	27	1	2	14	18	56	-31	24	WWDWLW
22	Derby County	38	6	9	23	49	74	5	6	8	35	32	1	3	15	14	42	-25	21	LDLLLL

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Blackburn Rovers	39	22	4	13	113	76	14	2	3	72	30	8	2	10	41	46	37	48	WLDWWL	Safe	1-2
1	2	Leeds United	39	21	6	12	63	50	13	4	3	41	19	8	2	9	22	31	13	48	LWWDWW	Safe	4-0
1	3	Luton Town	37	20	7	10	78	49	16	2	1	49	16	4	5	9	29	33	29	47	LWDDWL	Safe	0-4
	4	Birmingham City	36	19	8	9	79	40	13	3	3	53	20	6	5	6	26	20	39	46	LWDWWW	Safe	3-0
1	5	Stoke City	36	18	9	9	62	40	11	5	4	36	17	7	4	5	26	23	22	45	LDWWWW	Safe	3-0
1	6	West Ham United	37	18	9	10	71	59	12	4	2	45	22	6	5	8	26	37	12	45	WWWWLD	Safe	0-0
	7	Rotherham United	36	20	4	12	80	60	13	1	3	47	20	7	3	9	33	40	20	44	WDLWWW	Safe	3-2
	8	Bristol Rovers	38	18	6	14	71	63	14	3	2	48	20	4	3	12	23	43	8	42	WDWWLW	Safe	1-0
1	9	Notts County	38	19	4	15	69	68	12	2	4	42	25	7	2	11	27	43	1	42	LLWLLW	Safe	4-0
1	10	Middlesbrough	38	18	4	16	68	74	13	0	6	46	28	5	4	10	22	46	-6	40	LWWLWL	Safe	0-3
1	11	Swansea Town	37	15	8	14	78	72	13	3	3	52	25	2	5	11	26	47	6	38	WDLWLW	Safe	3-0
1	12	Bury	37	14	8	15	69	66	9	4	6	39	33	5	4	9	30	33	3	36	LWLWWL	Safe	0-1
	13	Fulham	37	13	10	14	70	72	9	5	4	40	24	4	5	10	30	48	-2	36	DLLLDD	Safe	0-0
	14	Liverpool	37	14	8	15	82	85	11	5	3	51	33	3	3	12	31	52	-3	36	LDDLLD	Safe	1-1
	15	Nottingham Forest	37	15	5	17	51	55	7	3	9	26	28	8	2	8	25	27	-4	35	WWWLWL	Safe	2-3
1	16	Lincoln City	37	11	9	17	62	74	7	5	6	35	33	4	4	11	27	41	-12	31	WLLLDW		2-1
1	17	Hull City	37	11	9	17	42	60	7	4	8	29	31	4	5	9	13	29	-18	31	LDLLLW		1-0
2	18	Doncaster Rovers	37	13	5	19	52	84	9	4	4	30	24	4	1	15	22	60	-32	31	DLLWLL		0-4
	19	Port Vale	37	9	11	17	42	66	8	6	4	28	20	1	5	13	14	46	-24	29	LLWWLD		1-1
	20	Plymouth Argyle	39	10	7	22	53	80	8	4	7	25	26	2	3	15	28	54	-27	27	WLWLLL		0-1
	21	Ipswich Town	37	10	4	23	52	86	9	2	8	34	27	1	2	15	18	59	-34	24	WDWLWL		0-3
	22	Derby County	39	6	9	24	49	77	5	6	8	35	32	1	3	16	14	45	-28	21	DLLLLL		0-3